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Public will have until June 3rd
to comment on decision affecting Rockville and Manchester Memorial Hospitals
and ECHN facilities throughout the region

Hartford – The Department of Public Health
Office of Health Care Access (OHCA) today issued its proposed final decision on
the application for Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (PMH) of Los Angeles, CA to
purchase the assets and affiliates of Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Inc.,
including Rockville General Hospital (RGH) and Manchester Memorial Hospital
(MMH). The Connecticut Office of the
Attorney General also issued its proposed final decision on the application
today.

OHCA
will be accepting public comment on the proposed final decision until Friday,
June 3, 2016. The final decision will be
issued on June 10, 2016.

OHCA’s
proposed decision approves the transaction, but places several conditions on
the approval, including:

Reporting
on inpatient and outpatient services as of the time of the decision, any
planned changes for the next three years and notification of any relocation of
outpatient or reallocation of inpatient services

Submission of a Health Needs Plan for supporting
and implementing a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)/Study

Maintenance of current charity care, indigent and
community volunteer services

Maintenance and enhancement of current community
benefit programs and community building activities for three years to
address the health needs of the community as identified in the CHNA and
elsewhere

Compliance with the general community benefit
standards for at least three years, including: provision of public health
programs, open medical staffs, participation in Medicare and Medicaid, and
operation at both hospitals of 24/7 emergency departments with service to
all patients regardless of their ability to pay

Working toward making culturally and
linguistically appropriate services available and integrated throughout
the hospitals’ operations

Holding a semi-annual joint meeting of Board of
Directors and Local Board where the public is invited, informed of
hospital activities, and given the ability to ask questions

Designate two community ombudsmen to serve as
non-voting members of the Local Board

Submission of a semi-annual report for three
years on cost savings achieved by PMH at ECHN, MMH and RGH, along with the
effect of those cost savings on clinical quality of care

Submission of a three year service plan for any
consolidation, reduction, or elimination of services

Submission of a semi-annual report to OHCA detailing
how the $75 million PMH has committed to capital investments in MMH and
RGH was expended

Contract with an Independent Monitor for
compliance with OHCA conditions and DPH’s Facilities Licensing and
Inspection Section (FLIS) pre-licensing consent order and Quality
Commitment letter

Public
comments to OHCA can be submitted in writing to Kimberly Martone, Director of
Operations, Office of Health Care Access, Connecticut Department of Public
Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134.
Public comments will also be accepted by email to ohca@ct.gov.